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Articles tagged “ride-sharing”

Ground Transport

Taxi Magic Battles Uber With a Rebrand and a New CEO

Curb, the app formerly known as Taxi Magic, wants to kick all the disruptors to the curb, and believes that partnering with "incumbent" fleets is the key to its growth.

Taxi Magic Battles Uber With a Rebrand and a New CEO

Ground Transport

Lyft Agrees to Delay NYC Launch After City Takes Legal Action

Lyft's launch was unsustainable in light of the TLC's vow to start seizing drivers' cars and to levy heavy fines. Now the two sides will have to see if they can work out a compromise that would bring Lyft to the streets of New York.

Lyft Agrees to Delay NYC Launch After City Takes Legal Action

Ground Transport

Hertz Connects With Hackers For Business Model Disruption and Passenger Improvements

We're not sure if these apps are something Hertz couldn't -- or wouldn't have -- cooked up on its own, but we like the idea of the whole thing.

Hertz Connects With Hackers For Business Model Disruption and Passenger Improvements

Ground Transport

Ride-Sharing App Lyft Closes In on $150 Million in New Funding

Lyft's competition with Uber is definitely great for the category, and soon they both will have a few hundred million dollars at their disposal for market expansion.

Ride-Sharing App Lyft Closes In on $150 Million in New Funding

Online Travel

Uber Gets Into the Ride-Sharing Game in Paris

Uber will first introduce ride-sharing services in cities where its losing customers due to too-high fares or regulations. Its further expansion will likely depend on how consumer pickup in the early markets.

Uber Gets Into the Ride-Sharing Game in Paris

Ground Transport

Uber Apologizes For Over-the Top Aggressive Tactics in New York

The ride-sharing sector is getting uber-aggressive, city-by-city. Were Uber's tactics against Gett the product of one rogue sales force or the way business is done across the country? Uber has told its sales teams to cut out this crap.

Uber Apologizes For Over-the Top Aggressive Tactics in New York

Ground Transport

Airport Car-Sharing Service FlightCar Partners With Travelport

This Travelport agreement with FlightCar is a shocker given the regulatory and reputational risks. It's a shocker because we didn't know Travelport had it in them to make such a brash move -- and it is a multi-year agreement, too.

Airport Car-Sharing Service FlightCar Partners With Travelport